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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2021, file photo, reporters question Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., as he arrives for votes on President Joe Biden s cabinet nominees, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
CHARLESTON U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Wednesday he is working with fellow Democratic senators to make changes to a key voting rights bill that has some lawmakers conflicted.
Speaking Wednesday after the unveiling of signage for the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, Manchin said he is working with Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., and Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., the point men on H.R. 1 and S. 1, also called the For the People Act.
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MANCHIN U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin leaves the Senate chamber after a vote.
CHARLESTON U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin said Wednesday he is working with fellow Democratic senators to make changes to a key voting rights bill that has some lawmakers conflicted.
Speaking Wednesday after the unveiling of signage for the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, Manchin, D-W.Va., said he is working with Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., and Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., the point men on H.R. 1 and S. 1, also called the For the People Act.
The For the People Act passed the House of Representatives along party lines in March, but the Senate Rules and Administration Committee is expected to vote next Tuesday to allow the bill to advance to the full Senate for a vote.
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A coalition of Missouri nonpartisan voter-issues groups and progressives plans to make their case for voting reform this weekend.
On Saturday, they plan coordinated public demonstrations in five Missouri cities: Springfield, St. Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City and Cape Girardeau.
Denise Lieberman, a civil-rights attorney with Missouri Voter Protection Coalition, said in a call from St. Louis on Friday morning that MVPC and roughly 10 Springfield-area partners are working in concert with similar groups in more than 150 U.S. cities, invoking the memory of civil rights hero John Lewis to further their cause.
Lieberman told the News-Leader, Missouri lawmakers are heading into their final week of the (legislative) session and are poised to potentially vote on several restrictive voting proposals that are ready for a vote, including strict photo ID legislation and legislation that shackles the citizen ballot initiative process and makes it difficult for everyday
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WASHINGTON – The massive election reform measure that Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is trying to shepherd through a crucial test in the Senate has all the makings of a moonshot: hard to achieve and fraught with complications.
For anyone who is serious about trying to get something done to make it easier for people to vote . we re ready to go, Minnesota s senior senator said in an interview.
Dubbed the For the People Act, the bill affects topics from voter registration to absentee ballots to campaign finance to ethics laws. Republicans charge that it s an unconstitutional attempt by the federal government to wrest control of elections from states.
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Kamala Harris is hosting a conversation on the issue of voting rights at the White House on Wednesday to follow up on the emergence of voting restrictions across the country.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
The fight for voting rights is more than a half-century old, and issues of voter suppression remain the subliminal intent by many states led by Republican legislatures and governors.
States like Texas are on the precipice of following the lead of Georgia and Florida on some of the most restrictive voting laws in this nation.
Georgia has passed S.B. 202, also known as the “Election Integrity Act of 2021.” However, the debate on constitutionality and equity rages down party lines as Republicans suggest the law allows more time to vote while Democrats contend it is voter suppression in action. One of the restrictions in the law maintains no one is allowed to bring water to those standing in line to vote.